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Peru Earthquake Toll Tops 500

HeadlineAug 20, 2007

In Peru, the death toll from last week’s earthquake has now topped some 500 people. Hundreds remain without shelter as the recovery effort continues in the devastated city of Pisco.

Unidentified refugee: “We want them to send us coats, blankets. Look at the people; they don’t have anything here. Every night, they cry, they cry, they cry.”

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